Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Independent study to include wider reading and preparation for classes and assessments

Formative assessment

Form of assessment

Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)

ILOs assessed

Feedback method

Class based discussions and group interactions

Poster style work by interactive groups

1,7,8

Peer and lecturer comments

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Coursework

Written exams

Practical exams

100

0

0

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment

% of credit

Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)

ILOs assessed

Feedback method

Critique (with supporting tables, diagrams, images)

40

1500 words

2,3,4,5,6,

Written feedback

Project/Report (with extensive supporting tables, diagrams, images)

60

2000 words

2,3,4,5,6,

Written feedback

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessment

Form of re-assessment

ILOs re-assessed

Timescale for re-assessment

Critique

Critique

Refer/Defer period

Project/Report

Project/Report

Refer/Defer period

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

The reading will vary between classic excavation reports such as Leakey 1971; syntheses of types of information or regions e.g. Dennell 2009 to classic short papers in journals such as Nature and Journal of Human Evolution on key ideas or types of fossils.